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Method

Heat the oil in a large frying pan, then gently fry the onion for 5 mins until softened. Finely chop the apples either by hand or in a food processor.

Squeeze the sausagemeat from the sausages into a large bowl, then add all the other ingredients, except the cranberries and streaky bacon. Season generously, then get your hands in and mix well. Weigh out 450g of the stuffing and mix a handful of the cranberries into it. Use to stuff the neck of the turkey (see 'Goes well with').

To assemble, butter and season a large sheet of foil. Stretch out the bacon rashers slightly with the back of a kitchen knife, then overlap 12 rashers on the foil. Spoon half of the stuffing mix evenly over the bacon, leaving a border of about 3cm. Scatter with half the cranberries, then pat them in. Tuck the long edges of the bacon over the stuffing; then, using the foil to help, roll the stuffing up into a log shape. Repeat to make a second roll.

Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Put the foil-wrapped rolls onto a roasting tin and roast for 45 mins. Unwrap, draining off any juice, then finish roasting for 15 mins until the bacon is crisp.

Recipe Tip

Get ahead

The rolls can be prepared up to 2 days ahead and
kept, raw, in the fridge, or frozen for up to 1 month.
Roast up to 1 day ahead if you wish, then reheat,
wrapped in foil, for 30 mins while the turkey rests
and your vegetables finish cooking.

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Comments, questions and tips

My family feel this is the best part of Christmas dinner! The combination of flavours is superb and the perfect accompaniment to turkey. Like others, we keep one of the rolls in the freezer and bring it out as a treat when we all get together as a family later in the year.

fannyann2009

10th Dec, 2015

I first made this 3 yrs ago, and just about to start this year's one. I have made it with and without cranberries, but this year, to please everyone going to have cranberries down one half and plain the other end lol. Total favourite in our house, whatever end they choose to eat from.

Familygirleffy

5th Jan, 2015

5.05

Delicious every time! Since we bought the good food issue with this recipe it has been a Christmas table staple. We have one on Christmas Day and freeze the other until New Years. Very good on its own just with salad and some festive slaw

fforde

29th Dec, 2014

5.05

Its a Xmas favourite in our house, we make 3 rolls, 2 for Xmas and one tucked away in the freezer for Easter. So simple

l_dommett

15th Dec, 2014

Just aboutto make this again. I do it year after year, it is so delicious and convenient.

davidson

15th Mar, 2014

Just defrosted the second roll from Christmas, my son is home from uni so he is being treated to a large roast chicken with all the trimmings!! He can take some of the stuffing roll back with him tomorrow as it is delicious cold. The rolls are enormous, I think my rolls will cut into at least 10 slices!

lizleicester

25th Dec, 2013

This was the favourite part of our Christmas meal. The sharpness of the cranberries goes really well with the rest of the roll and the sweet chestnuts and sausagemeat. I'm looking forward to the 2nd one which is still in the freezer.

slw2911

15th Dec, 2013

We're trying a variation this year and have rolled the stuffing into mini sausages wrapped in bacon (I say mini - they're huge!). Then I've frozen them individually so we're only needing to cook the quantity required as otherwise we end with too much to eat!!!

Stuart H

9th Dec, 2013

This is one of the tastiest recipes I have ever made, and even my fussy 9 yrs old loves it, In fact 3 of us went through it in 1 day. Irresistible!! Try it with tomato sausages and cut up some sun-dried tomatoes in it too. Rich flavour.

ktk102

26th Dec, 2012

5.05

massive Christmas hit round the Kiwi table I spent Christmas dinner with. Couldn't get hold of any cranberries apart from dried, sweetness in them didn't seem to harm the flavour one bit!

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